Collection includes correspondence, subject files, research notes and associated correspondence. Files hold typescripts, manuscripts and drafts. Journals and diaries include poetry and sketches. Press clippings document reviews of Marquez's writings. Collection also includes some photographic documentation relating to Marquez's personal and professional life. Personal papers contain some correspondence, academic administrative papers, as well as family genealogy documentation.

Biographical Note

Dr. Antonio Márquez (b. 1923 - d. 2010), poet, painter and academic, was born in Arriate, Malaga, Spain. As a young man he studied in Spain under the Jesuit order, and went on to study in Ecuador (1951- 1953) as a member of that order, then went on to to study in the U.S. at the Seminary of St. Andrew's in Hyde Park, NY. Márquez completed his Doctorate in Philosophy of Religion from Pontifical University of Salamanca, Spain in 1970.

Dr. Márquez's research and writings focused on heterodox mysticism, Spanish cultural history, literature and religion and the Spanish Inquisition. Marquez spent his first sabbatical year in Spain (1965-1966) collecting bibliographic texts on these subjects, followed by two additional years writing his dissertation on Origenes y naturaleza del Ilumismo en Castilla, which was published under the title, Los Alumbrados: Origenes y Filosofia, 1525 - 1559 [Madrid: Taurus, 1972, 2nd ed., 1980 ].

Márquez taught as a professor of Spanish at Bennett College and Vassar College, and was chairman of the Foreign Language Department at Dutchess Community College (1971 - 1975). From 1957 - 1958 he served as the Editor in Chief of the Madrid-based cultural publication, Indice.

Dr. Márquez's artwork has been exhibited in Spain and the US. A collection of his visual work resides at the Francis Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College.

Scope and Content Note

The Papers of Dr. Antonio Márquez documents a longstanding interest in the historical documentation of Spanish cultural history, mysticism, literature and religion. Márquez's research focused on Spanish heterodox mysticism, and the alumbrados. His interest in the value of properly transcribed trial records, beyond available Latin texts typically found in the translations of these records, led him to study documentation of the trial, Milagros Ortega-Costa Proceso de la Inquisicion contra Maria de Cazalla. A rejected 1985 NEH proposal (Series II, Subject Files) documents Dr. Márquez's interest in the transcription, annotation and interpretation of such records.

The bulk of Dr. Márquez's typescripts and subject files date from the late 1950s through the 1990s, many of which include associated correspondence and administrative files, some documenting his travel logistics as well as related research notes.

A substantial volume of correspondence is filed in the first series (Series I, 17 boxes, 1953 - 2009). One complete document box (1957 -1978) contains correspondence related to Márquez's tenure as Editor-in-Chief at the Spanish publication, Indice. Folder titles from Series II (Subject Files, 1932 - 2007) and Series III (Typescripts, 1950 - 1995) are titled as filed by Dr. Márquez. Typescripts include drafts of Dr. Márquez's autobiography, with editorial notes from his friend and colleague, Steve Clark (Senior Editor, Paris Review).

The collection also includes reviews of Dr. Márquez's writings (Series IV, Pressclippings 1957 - 2007), drafts of poetry (Series V, 1964 - 1999). One complete document box contains photographic prints (Series X, 1950 - 2004) which document friends and colleagues in Spain, from as early as 1950 through 2000s to personal life in and around Hyde Park, NY (1980s - 2000).

Journals and diaries, a number of which include documentation of Márquez's travels, artwork, sketches and drafts of poetry are included in Series VIII (1958 - 2010) . Series VII (Personal Papers, 1953 - 2003) include documentation from Dr. Márquez's start as a young seminarian, and holds birth, military and academic certificates, as well as Márquez's early academic transcripts.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged into ten series. Correspondence is arranged chronologically by year, as found when accessioned to Vassar Archives. The collection is not indexed by name, unless otherwise noted in the container list. Folders contain letters both from and to Antonio Márquez.